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Ozotoceros

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Ozotoceros was named by Ameghino (1891). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Blastoceros by Hershkovitz (1982).

It was assigned to Odocoileini by Grubb (2000); to Cervidae by Ameghino (1891), Carroll (1988), Salles et al. (2006); and to Odocoileinae by Pocock (1923), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Species
O. bezoarticus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Ozotoceros Ameghino
1923Ozotoceros Pocock
1988Ozotoceros Carroll
2000Ozotoceros Grubb p. 302
2006Ozotoceros Salles et al. p. 9
2008Ozotoceros Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 978 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyCervidae
—Telemetacarpalia
tribeOdocoileini(Pocock 1923)
genusOzotocerosAmeghino 1891

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ozotoceros Ameghino 1891
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Ozotoceros bezoarticus Linné 1758 [Pampas deer]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.012 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) O. sp. (92814)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Entre Ríos) O. bezoarticus (203952 203956)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Uruguay O. bezoarticus (71274 71325)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) O. bezoarticus (147598)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) O. bezoarticus (73845 203908)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay (Montevideo) O. bezoarticus (211645)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) O. bezoarticus (63338 63342)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Entre Ríos) O. bezoarticus (212781)